Covenant Congregational Pilgrimage
Our One Priority is to start and strengthen congregational expressions to serve as vital and vibrant missional communities. As churches evaluate vitality and vibrancy, it’s important to consider where it falls within the congregational life cycle – as a congregational planting, potential thriving congregation, thriving congregation, potential rethriving congregation or an unthriving congregation. Each of […]
20/20 Vision Beyond the Year 2020
The American Academy of Ophthalmology defines “20/20 vision” as having normal visual acuity, or the clarity or sharpness of vision, measured at a distance of 20 feet away. The year 2020 has brought some unforeseen events yet, with just under half the year left to go, there is still time for progress and adjusting the […]
When Congregations are Family and Not Just Friends or Acquaintances
Download this Post: When Congregations are Family, 07.13.18 Latterly*, I was in a conversation with a small group of people about helping congregations who are in the Old Age Stage of the congregational life cycle to engage in radical transition and change that would lead to a new life of vitality and vibrancy. Present were pastoral […]
People of Passion vs. People of Position
Download: Top Ten People of Passion Some years ago, when consulting with various sizes and shapes of congregations, I realized we were pulling together the wrong group of people to help congregations anticipate their future based upon an emerging understanding of God’s empowering vision. We were pulling together the people who held certain positions of […]
Vision Plus Intentionality is the Holy Grail
Download this Post: Vision Plus Intentionality, 06.07.18 Vision Plus Intentionality are the three most important words in congregational vitality and vibrancy. Yet, because they are not poetic words pulsating on your screen or highlighted on your paper, the depth of their meaning and significance may allude you. Recall the search for the Holy Grail as depicted […]
An Endorsement of Captured By Vision — a Book by George Bullard
Today I received an amazing unsolicited endorsement of my latest book today–I must share–from a pastor in Michigan who is leading his church in a study of this book. Here is what Dan Wilkinson said: “Captured by Vision is by far one of the best books I’ve read in my entire 32 years of pastoring. […]
Chart of Ten “R”s for Plotting a New Congregational Course
Radical Transitions and Changes When Congregations Fully Surrender to God’s Empowering Vision Download the chart: The Ten Rs Chart, 05.14.18 Tuesday, May 15th at the Vision Tuesday gathering The Ten “R”s Chart was introduced. It covers ten choices for congregations who are more than a generation old and likely have been plateaued and declining for some […]
Resurrection — Replanting as a New Congregation
One of the Ten “R”s for Plotting a New Congregational Course Download this post and make copies for use in your congregation: Resurrection, Replanting as a New Congregation, 05.10.18 Edition Resurrection is one of at least ten choices available to congregations who need to engage in transitions and changes that could lead to transformation as they […]
Reinvention — Restarting as a New Congregation
One of the Ten “R”s for Plotting a New Congregational Course Download this post and make copies for use in your congregation: Reinvention, Changing the Focus of Your Congregation, 05.9.18 Edition Reinvention is one of at least ten choices available to congregations who need to engage in transitions and changes that could lead to transformation as […]
Redirection — Changing the Focus of Your Congregation
One of the Ten “R”s for Plotting a New Congregational Course Download this post and make copies for use in your congregation: Redirection, Changing the Focus of Your Congregation, 05.08.18 Edition Redirection is one of at least ten choices available to congregations who need to engage in transitions and changes that could lead to transformation as […]